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The computer game industry is worth about $28 billion worldwide, and is bigger than the movie industry. Having a career in the computer games industry is a dream of many students. It is not impossible if you are prepared to work at it, and there are increasing opportunities for employment, both in Australia and worldwide. About half of Australia's game development takes place in Victoria, with more than 300 people employed by local and overseas companies in developing content. One young Australian who has a career many would kill for is Kathryn Burt, who develops computer games for the Sony Playstation. Kathryn works in Melbourne for Infogrames (Atari), who employ about 100 people in games development. The main areas of game development that offer career opportunities are in programming and graphics. Of course there are also people required as producers, designers and testers. If you want to become a game programmer you will need to be skilled at both Maths and Physics, as well as programming. A university degree in Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics or Software Engineering would be a useful preparation for this. All of these degrees can be studied at the University of Tasmania or other universities around Australia. Click here to see places in Australia where you can undertake further study to enter the games industry. Browse the websites of the following Australian game development companies and look at the jobs available:
The Game Developer's Association of Australia has links to links to a number of other Australian Game Development Companies. http://portal.newman.wa.edu.au/technology/10cap/html/TopTwenty.htm lists the top 20 games publishers as at Oct 2003. |
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